Amazon to make "melee-oriented" PC game, hires lead designer of Guild Wars 2

Amazon Game Studios is moving full speed ahead on it’s new PC game. We have recetntly learned that the Seattle-based company has hired veteran game designer Eric Flannum, who is working as creative director for the project. Amazon has stated that it’s a third-person “competitive, melee-oriented” title that aims to use Twitch to “radically evolve” gameplay.

Flannum stated “We’re currently building awesome teams with the aim of radically evolving gameplay using Twitch, the Amazon Web Services cloud, and technical innovation,” Flannum wrote. “We believe games can be a driving force in uniting people and driving technical and artistic innovation.”

Furthermore, “We’re currently building awesome teams with the aim of radically evolving gameplay using Twitch, the Amazon Web Services cloud, and technical innovation,” Flannum wrote. “We believe games can be a driving force in uniting people and driving technical and artistic innovation.”

Eric Flannum has officially joined Amazon Game Studios as of September.